How to get the insertionPoint at (x, y)?

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5 total messages Started by frekfeng Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:30

#689

Author: frekfeng
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:30

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Hi all:
   I want to insert a textfrme in another textframe, now I can get the coordinate: x value and y value, how can i get the inseriont ponit and insert a textframe at (x,y)?
   I don't want to use oPage.TextFrames.Add()
   I want to use oInsertionPoint.TextFrames.Add(), so I need to get the inseriont Point at (x,y)?
Thanks in advance.

Re: How to get the insertionPoint at (x, y)?

#690

Author: Peter Kahrel
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:07

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      I want to use oInsertionPoint.TextFrames.Add(), so I need to get the inseriont
      Point at (x,y)?




Insertion points don't have coordinates (not really, anyway). What you have is already correct:

oInsertionPoint.TextFrames.Add()

Peter

Re: How to get the insertionPoint at (x, y)?

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Author: frekfeng
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:22

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Hi:
 The problem is that I don't know how to get the insertion point at (x,y), I only know the coordinate.

Re: How to get the insertionPoint at (x, y)?

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Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:36

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How would you do it in the UI?

Dave

Re: How to get the insertionPoint at (x, y)?

#636

Author: Dave_Saunders
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:38

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To take your request completely literally, you can measure the position of your current insertion point (by getting the horizontal offset and baseline), then move the containing text frame by the appropriate amount (x - x0, y - y0) where x0 and y0 are where the insertion point is before the move.

But I don't think that's quite what you want.

Dave

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